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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-05
A Venture in Chickens.
HaTPer's Weekly.

Ever since | was small boy and tl e
proud owner of "a bantam hen, viii ch
suffered an untimely end ut my hands
10y being squeezed to death, | have
been possessed of deep desire to own
Il number of chickens. We had NOV
ed, the year before, into IA small subur
ban cottage, and during that summer,
when had seen the neighbOrs' fowls
calmly scratching up our back yard,
the old thought grew within me, and
by the next season had prevailed
over the cOunsels of my wife, and pur-
chased as many chickens as lay within
my modest means. | was n happy man
when | saw the flock gather about sthe
doorstep for the first time, as they
anxiOusly awaited their evening allow
anee, and for fear that some unprinci-
Piled being might avail himself of the
opportunity to replenish his roost by
depicting mine, | secured watch dog.
| also subscribed To number of agri-
cultural papers that devoted Il column
or so to the interest of fowls, and pur-
chased books on the care of chickens,
which read devotedly. How my heart
smclicd with pride when "a hen pro
claimed with unnecessary reiteration
the advent Of AN egg and after had
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FARM FOR SALE.

The William Stearns farm is offered for sale
This farm is situated in the western mart of ST
JOhnsbury three f0urths of mile from Goss HOl-
low and six miles from the village of St Johnsbury
the same contains 100 acres of choice land with
buildings thereon, with Sugar orchard of g. o
trees Apple orchard of $50 trees choice grated
fruit. Running water at house and barn. lso Is
acres Of pasture and woodland, part cedar one
half mile from said farm. Also 30 acres pasture
and wood land. one mile from said farm in the
town OF Lyndon The same will be sold altogether
or in lots 10 suit purchaser
32n SLAS RANDALL, Administr
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-05
FOR SALE

BY JACOB G.. H0VEY, Receiver of the New
England Lumber Company of Victory, as follow {:
1 Shingle Machine ClapbOard Machine, Clap
board Log Lafb Machine, COunter-shaft and Pull
leys for ClapbOard Machine 1 ClapbOard Planer
complete. ClapbOard Butter. 1 Lath Clipper 1
Lath Machine, Watcher, complete. Centre board
(extral, Board Trimmer Planer. l Single Ma
chine Saw Mill complete. Also 700 acres of land
and two houses. The above property will be sold
in whole or in part to suit purchasers.
Sd. JOhnsbury, March IA, 1887. 9Otf
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Desirable Residence for Sale.

The subscriber offers his house Central street,
for sale. The house contains rooms. in good re-
pair with never failing spring water running into
house. A barn. 20x24 it, is connected with house.
This is one of the desirable locations for
venienee to scale shops school and church in town
WIN. MOORE.
st. Johnsbury. April Q, 1887. s4tf
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III should Die Tonight.

If should die toni CHIT
Then wouldst thou look upon my quiet face,
Before they laid me my restiDg-place,
And deem that death had made it almost fair;
And laying sDow-white flowers against my hair,
WOuIdst on my cold cheek tender kisses press,
And fold my hands with lingering
Poor hands so empty and so cold tonight
II 1 should die to night,
Then wouldst thou call to mind with loving thought
Some kindly deed the icy hands had wrought,
Some tender words the frozen lips had said,
brands on which the willing feet had sped;
The memory of my passion and my pride,
And every fault would sure be set aside;
SO should be forgiven of all tonight.
Death waits tonight,
Zen now my summons echoes from afar.
And grave mists gather fast about my star;
Think gently of me am travel-worn,
My faltering feet pierced with many a thorn,
The bitter world has made my faint heart bleed.
When dreamless rest is mine 1 shall not need
The tenderness for which long tonight.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-05
Not Posted on Bitter Milk.


At the last Vermont dairymen's
meeting where the subject of bitter
milk was discussed at considerable
length, some of the reporters not spec
tally familiar with practical dairy OPP
eratiOns made far more nonsense then
sense of their reports.
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As wish to leave town, L will sell my place sit
mated on Hastings Street, in the village of St.
JOhnsbury, within a few minutes walk of church,
post office high schol, academy and within mile
of FaiPbanks's scale works. The house is suitable
for three tenements, barn and one and one half
acres of land Said premises will be sold cheap and
on reasonable terms for particulars call and see me
the premises, address,
MRS. NJ. F. WYNN.
st. Johusbury April 49, 1887. 95-9S
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SPECIAL.

We are now able to furnish Sunday School Lii
brarles from the American Sunday School Union
at their net prices, freight paid Books can be ex.
amined before purchasing. We can also furnish
Reading Clubs and Libraries with Books and Peri
Odicals at special rates. Correspondence from in
terested parties solicited.
We take subscriptions for all kinds of Papers
and Magazines at reduced rates. and carry in stock
a large line of staple goods at fair prices.
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$500 Building Lots.
AWFUL CHEAP!

Three building lots at the north end of Main ST.
in st. JOhnsbury. They must be sold and the price
is $500 each Others from $500 upwards, also
about twelve acres of pasture land For particu-
lars address. III. CARPENTER.
96tf As Congress st. Boston Mass.
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FOR SALE

By Druggists and dealers in medicine generally
ANTI APoPLECTTNE is man ufactured only by DIR
F. S. HUTCHINSON & Co., Enosburgh Falls, vt
Price, 81. 90 per bottle. six bottles for $500.
oct Apr. 's8
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Will be Sold Cheap.

Two second han1 buggy Wagons, good express
wagon, good second hand lumber wagon, second
hand driving harnesses. pair work harnesses, ?
new driving harnesses, "a carpenters wall brack-
cts, nearly new, carpenters boring machine.
The above property mostly taken on a mort
gage and viii be sold low.
good light express wagon, good work horse SIS.
Also two tenements to rent
w. F. KELLEY.
ST. Johnsbury Centre VT, April 2s, 1881. $3.50
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Shaking 'Em Up.

The election in Rhode Island was
followed by an earthquake in Vermont.
Is it possible that Vermont is also try
ing to shake the republicans
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Desirable Property for Sale.

offer for sale my residence at the head of Main
Street. House large. convenient, beautifully To-
Gated, andin splendid neigh bOrhood. Good barn,
Lot half an acre, giving good garden.
also offer for sale my farm consisting of thirty
acres of good land tillage and pasture, tilage in
high state of cultivation and less than quarter
of mile from the village.
1 want an immediate customer for either, will
sell cheap enough to make investment an obj ect,
mean business.
Intend to remove to California soon as can
sell and settle up my affairs. Please examine
property will speak for itself.
w. 81. PRIEST TON.
st. Johnsbury, March % 1887.
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Administrators Sale.

By virtue of license from Probate Court of
the District of Caledonia and State of Vermont,
the Subscriber will sell at public auction on
Saturday, May 18th,
at o'clock P. NJ the real estate of the late Mary
S. Bachelor deceased. Consisting of a
Il Story Dwelling House
with an ell attached and Store underneath, and
Corner of Pearl st. and Eastern Avenue, in the
village of st. Johnsbury.
Sale to take place on said premises. Terms made
known at time of sale.
St. Johnsbury April 20, 1887
HENRY FRENCH.
9597 Administrator, With Will annexed.
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ARDWARE. STOVES. RANGES,
Kitchen Furnishing Goods.

If you want the best Range in the market go
to n. j. CONANT.
If you want the best Hardware at the lowest
prices go to n. j. CONANT.
If you want to an elegant line of Kitchen
furnishing goods go to n. J. CONANT.
If you want the best Clothes Wrnger, pure
white rubber rolls, go to HJC ONANT.
Ifyou want to SAVE MONEY, go to
HI CONANT.
We have got the best goods, the best styles and
the lowest prices.
All are invited to call and inspect our goods.
II. j. CONANT,
81 Eastern Avenue, ST. Iohnsbury, Vermont.
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1t Doesn't Always Work That Way.
Albany Journal.

The Brooklyn Union went over to
the mugwumps in 1884 and abandoned
the republican party. The Brooklyn
Standard was started to take its place.
The Union has now been absorbed by
the Standard. Thus be it ever.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13
The Heart After Decapitation.

DR.. Charcot the famous hypnotizer, has
recently had chance of examining imme
diately after decapitation one of the four per
cent. of French murderers who get executed.
Thanks to the assistance of the police, his
examination commenced two seconds after
the knife of the guillotine had fallen, and
the head even then had ceased to give any
signs of life, though muscular movements
continued in the neighborhood of the jaw
until the sixth second But the beatings of
the heart caused by the influx of blood, act
ually continued for sixty seconds. The con-
clusion finally arrived at was that the death
of the euillotined man had not been caused
by asphyxia. The violent irritation of the
nerves Of the neck, it was decided, had re-
icted on the heart and death followed the
shock-London Figaro
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13
EurOpe and its Colonies.

How ought you to decide the population Of
iifferent countries-by the number of IN
habItants in the several mother countries
only, or by that of their subjects all the
world over? On the latter basis French
writer has recently compiled some interest
ing statistics. Thus. Portugal-in-Eur"pe has
only 100000 inhabitants, but the total
number of persons living under the Portu-
guese flag is nearly twice as many G, S&,62s).
Of 100000 Spanish subjects, only l6oO0,-
Netherlands is only 1000, 600, but the total
number of Dutch subjects is 81 100000, On
this same basis Germany is far less populous
than France. 1t is France, says the writer
We are quoting, wherever the French flag
flies. The number of Frenchmen thus in
terpreted is 20, 79S.0S3 (of whom 5S21S, 1903
live in France-in-E urope), but that of the
Germans is only little more than Il, 100000.
The total number Of British subjects, we
may add, is put at S0G, 81 ,514.-PaH Nall
G1zptfe-
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13

advances in the sciences of medicine and
hygiene. We are very proud to have
been able to slightly increase the average
period Of human life by keeping our
selves cleaner and discovering some of
the sources of disease, and we herald
our few centenarians from one end of
the world to the other, but if the Mar
tians have had thousands of years to
our centuries in which to develop their
capacities for longevity, some of them
may rival Methuselah in length of years.
Perhaps they don't put up with bodily
deformities there, but make their sur
geons supply all the short comings of
nature, though that might lead to
somewhat tedious uniformity of appear
ance, for of course everybody must wish
to be as good looking as his neighbor,
which could only end in nobody being
admired since everybody is equally hand
some.
The imagination of Edgar Allan Poe
would probably have ascribed to the sur
geons of Mars the ability to cut off a
head so smoothly and with such exquisite
provisions against loss of blood that it
could be clapped on again and fit as well
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13

would be kicked out of Mars too. The
only chance for the Cinnamon would
appear to be to emigrate to some planet
where the force of gravity is great and
the inhabitants and all other growing
things consequently small, for there
they would have to demand high wages
merely to satisfy the cravings of hunger
Poor John couldn't possibly bring down
the price of labor on Jupiter. There is,
however, no reason to suppose that the
number of inhabitants on Mars cannot
be proportionately greater to the square
mile than on the earth, and there is a
little reason for supposing the con
trary. Mars, owing to its smaller mass,
must have been cooled down into a
habit able condition much earlier than
the earth, and so it is possible that the
Martians have history that for length
Of years, would put to shame the most
ancient records of the human race. Who
shall tell to what fearful climax the strug-
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13
Dancing to Bismarck,s Tunes.

In Berlin recently there was a birthday
party in honor of the eldest son of Prince
William, eldest son Of the Crown Prince.
Among the presents was small barrel organ
five-year-old heir to the imperial throne
complained to Prince Bismarck that it tired
him very much to play the organ and asked
him to play something. The chancellor
complied, and at once began turning the
handle, and with so much energy that the
sounds of the instrument drew the other
members of the imperial family to the ROOM
The children, delighted, began to dance.
Thereupon Prince William, looking at his
eldest son, observed to the chancellor: There
is future Emperor who already dances to
YOUR piping!"
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13
A MECHANICS FORTUN
He Invents an Axle Box and Nut Which
viii Bring Him Large Returns.

A young English mechanic in Troy not
long ago invented new axle box and nut
which had a great deal Of merit in it, and
which attracted the attention of Brewster,
the New York carriage maker. The Albany
Journal says that one day one Of Mr..
Brewster's agents went to the shop in TROY
where the young Englishman was employed
and asked him about his invention and
patent, and finally made him FL offer of $50
300 in cash for the latter. The young man
thought he would accept but asked a few
hours to consider. He talked with his en-
ployers. and as they had aided him in Sc
curing his patent they suggested that he
give them the privilege of making the pur-
chase They offered him S25, 900 and a half
interest in the profits. He accepted the offer
and the next day he informed Mr.. Brewster, $
representative ofthe fact The latter gentle
man promptly said: Now that you have
made up your mind, l want to say to you
that we have made as high as s75, 900 year
out of what we call the Brewster spring, and
that is not worth to us nearly what your axle
would bring US. You have very valuable
invention" The proof of this statement de-
veloped itself almost Immediately, and it is
said that the Troy concern which mas under
taken the manufacture of the new invention
will realize profit offrom 500 900 to 100000
ayear from it. The young English mechanic
will soon be very rich man.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13

extent. So Mars has more space pro-
portionately for Inhabitants, not count
ing fishes, than the earth. 1t has about
100000 square miles of land against
fifty odd millions of earth. But the big
Martians would require more space to
dwell in, and if we allow them space in
proportion to their size, we find that
after all there is room for only
about one-quarter as many inhabit-
ants on the continents of Mars as
those of the earth. That would
give population of somewhere
near 3O0,000,000, or about equal
to the number of Cinnamon on the
earth. But if the Cinnamon should
emigrate to Mars land their California
friends, M doubt, devoutly wish they
would), they would find that four of
them could live in the space and on the
food required for one Marian, which
condition Of things would probably re-
suit in the denunciation of Chinese cheap
living up there, and so the poor Celestials
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13
THE DIAMOND SUPPLY.
,me Interesting Facts and Figures About
the Costly Gems.

The American trade limits its purchases to
well-cut stones, and the retail diamond deal
ers abroad and at home agree that of all pur-
chasers Americans are most appreciative
and critical. \ circumstance that facilitates
assessments Of values in this line is that when
the eyes become familiarized to fine dia-
mond, any inferior grade as to form and
brllliancy can at once be detected.
According to an English paper the diamond
supply question at Cape Colony is becoming
source of some anxiety 1t is being urged
that at present the prosperity of all South
Africa is mainly dependent on the diamond
industry. Every week at Kimberly about
100000 is paid away in wages alone, and
this sum, it is said, is probably not far short
of the amount paid in the same way through
out all the rest of the colony.
Will diamonds last? is the question which
excites attention even on the diamond fields
themselves. A Kimberly paper points to
some facts which have a serious aspect.
There are signs that the value of the diamond
is declining. The following comparative ia.
BILE of figures is published in illustration OF
this
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13

have not yet attained that happy con-
dition, however, and still, like their ter
restrial brethren, love to kill, the progress
of invention may have placed terrible
weapons of destruction in their hands,
by which it is easy for them to keep
down the population of their little
planet. tits natural to suppose that cleo
triCitv, an agent which seems to us
so full of mysterious potency, and
the promise of yet unrevealed capacities
for usefulness. may have been sub
dued by the Martians as completely
as some of the less marvellous forces
of nature have been upon the EARTH
and that they now, in consequence,
enjoy advantages which will come
to our remote posterity through the
progress of science and discovery. If
that is So electric lights, electric tele-
graphs, electric railways, and so on, may
be regarded Mars asvery ancient, and
in some cases, perhaps, obsolete lnven-
tons Who knows to what marvellous de-
gree of perfection the telephone may have
been carried by our Marian brothers? 1t
would hardly be surprising, considering
the advantages time may have given them,
if they were able'to transport themselves
through the air by means of electricity,
for something of that kind has already
been attempted upon the earth. We are
told of the possibility, which some of our
enthusiastic inventors already perceive
within their reach, of seeing by means
of electricity persons and objects far be-
yond the range of the eye Perhaps the
Martians have perfected that invention
long ago They may have carried the limit
of life beyond anything that we can con-
ceive as possible, by means of their
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13
GOLDEN THOUGHTS.

When the tongue puts itself at ease, it
puts everything else under constraint.-
Joseph Rour.
Obligation is a ponderous roll OF canvas
which Love spreads aloft into tent wherein
he delights to dwell.-Macdo'tald.
He who dallies with the tempter is lost;
he who counts the cost of honesty is already
dishonest; he who sets price upon his in
tegrty has no integrity to sell.
The best things are nearest light in your
eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your
hand, the path of God just before you.
Then do not grasp at the stars, but do lfe's
plain common work as it comes, certain
that daily duties and daily bread are the
sweetest things of life.
1t is not the ''fe sh,' nor the 'eye," nor
the life" which are forbidden, but it is the
lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and
the pride of life. 1t is not this earth, nor
the men who inhabit it, nor the sphere of
our legitimate activity that we do not love,
but the way III which the love is given which
constitutes wordlness.-F W. Robertson.
The negative side of Heaven is revealed to
us. We are told what is not there. What
is there we shall know when the entrance
shall be given, and then we shall be salts
fed. There is a fullness about the word sat
istied' which allows no margin for disap-
pointment, no void or vacancy in the soul,
but Astounding joy and overfowing peace.
The Christian who knows how to differ
with his associates gracefully, or, better yet,
who knows how to allow others to differ
with him and still love them, is a rare man,
and deserves, as he receives, the appreciation
of Heaven. This is virtue too much neg
lected in these days, as in fact it has always
been, and one that Leeds immediate cult
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13

generous offerings all through the year.
A favorite plan for raising charity funds
is by fruit auctions held by women
Turing the festivals, when single apples
frequently fetch as much as 800 piastres.
During the winter the poor are supplied
With fuel, while the aged and intirm are
wholly maintained by the community.
They are a very peaceful people, not
withstanding their sectarian divisions,
and are strongly opposed to the death
punishment. Indeed, they might we'll
" called the Quakers Of Macedonia.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13

inhabitants of the earth might dwell,
surrounded by scenes not altogether
unlike those of the terrestrial globe.
Powerful telescopes show plainly the
outlines of what appear to be continents
and oceans on Mars, and the presence
of broad fiel,.s of snow in its Polar
regions, whicu melt away before the
advance OF summer there and increase
when the rigOrs of winter return. Mars
has an atmosphere whose presence can
be detected by means of the spectroscope,
and in that atmosphere clouds form and
storms rage as in our air. The proof of
these statements is furnished by the
results of elaborate telescope studies of
which Mars has been the object in
various quarters of the earth. Astrono-
mers have succeeded in making maps of
Mars, containing an astonishing amount
of detail In short, when we look at
this beautiful planet, We seem to behold
hanging before our eyes in the SKY a
miniature of the earth.
The force of gravity on the earth is a
little more than three and a-quarter
times as great as on Mars. 1t follows
that the inhabitants of Mars, while pos
sessing the same proportionate agility as
those of the earth, might attain height
of eighteen or nineteen feet. The sur
face of Mars is only about two-ffths as
extensive as the surface of the earth, but
the proportion of land to water there is
very different from that upon the earth.
Here the water occupies nearly three
times as much space as the land but on
Mars land and water are about equal in
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13

gle for existence has at
tanned upon the crowded
surface of that small red
globe which we behold
cleaning so calmly in
the starry vault of night !?
At least we may sup
pose that the civil
ization of the Mar
tians has attained a
height Of perfection as
yet only dreamed of
by the terrestrial enthu-
siasts. Possibly they may
have reached their mill
lennium and peace and
good will may reign round
the ruddy planet. If they
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13
A Poverty-pinched Prince.

The Prince of Wales, by the way, issuffer-
ing just now from an unusually acute attack
of his chronic trouble-lack ofmoney. His
income is, believe less than 100000 a
year, and he has wife and three unmarried
daughters, Victoria Louise and Maud, whose
bonnets and frocks keep fashion writers
busy besides which the jubilee has cost nm
mirars outfit. The prince has many'things
to worry about. He is going to the country
very soon and will have good two-months'
root Mem York Sun.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13
Baku's Fair Unsuccessful.

Judging from the returns published by the
Novoe Fremya, the first fair held at Baku,
which 1t was predicted would eventually sIl-
persede the great annual bazaar at Mini
Naygorod, did not prove the brilliant success
confidently anticipated by the Russian press.
The total value of the goods collected
one-half of them remained undisposed of.
The principal articles sold consisted of con-
fectionery from Rostoff. tea from Moscow,
and tobacco, plated ware and sewing ma
clinics from st. Petersburg.